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Table 4 Performance of rapid diagnostic test in comparison to microscopyin identifying parasitaemia.

From: Diagnosis and treatment of malaria in peripheral health facilities in Uganda: findings from an area of low transmission in south-western Uganda

Rapid diagnostic test

Parasitaemia on microscopy

Total

 

Positive

Negative

 

Positive

243 (65.5 %)

148(49.7%)

391

Negative

128(34.0 %)

150(50.3%)

278

Total

371

298

669